How To Install qjackctl on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qjackctl on CentOS 8.
What is qjackctl
Qjackctl is a simple application to control the JACK sound server daemon, specific for the Linux Audio Desktop infrastructure. It provides a simple GUI dialog for setting several JACK daemon parameters, which are properly saved between sessions, and a way to control the status of the audio server daemon. With time, this primordial interface has become richer by including a enhanced patch bay and connection control features.
We can use yum or dnf to install qjackctl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qjackctl.
Install qjackctl on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install qjackctl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install qjackctl
Install qjackctl on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install qjackctl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install qjackctl
How To Uninstall qjackctl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the qjackctl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove qjackctl
qjackctl Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/qjackctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/2fa7265aa17fff2699fdcb65bb85f4481e3d5a
/usr/share/applications/qjackctl.desktop
/usr/share/doc/qjackctl
/usr/share/doc/qjackctl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/qjackctl/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/qjackctl/README
/usr/share/doc/qjackctl/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/qjackctl.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/qjackctl.svg
/usr/share/licenses/qjackctl
/usr/share/licenses/qjackctl/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/qjackctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qjackctl.fr.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/qjackctl.appdata.xml
/usr/share/qjackctl
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_cs.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_de.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_es.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_fr.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_it.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_ja.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_nl.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_pt.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_ru.qm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qjackctl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.